Sense and Sensitivity

This edited volume examines aspects of teaching and learning in situations where community or ethnic diversity may impact negatively on classroom experience and behaviour in tertiary education. Case studies from Northern Ireland, England, France and the United States of America examine how societal divisions influence the student body.

Autorentext

Elisabeth Lillie is Emeritus Professor of Language Learning and Teaching at the University of Ulster. A French specialist with interests in literature, thought and area studies, she also has a range of publications on the subject of teaching and learning in higher education.

Inhalt

Contents: Seamus Dunn/Valerie Morgan: Ulster and the Legacy of Divided Schooling Elisabeth Lillie: Students in Class: Division and Interaction Gill Cressey: White Elephant: `Race in Higher Education Social Sciences Classrooms in the West Midlands of England Elisabeth Lillie: Voices from the Multi-ethnic University in France Elisabeth Lillie: Unequal Beginnings: Minority Access to Higher Education in the Land of the American Dream Terrell L. Strayhorn/J. Terrell Lockett: Discussing Race Matters in the College Classroom Marty Meinardi/Sue Norton: The United Colours of Etiquette: Interculturality in the Higher Education Classroom Elisabeth Lillie: Teaching Across Diversity: Creating Inclusion, Overcoming Division.